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Rumor: Blizzard is working on high-definition version of the first Starcraft

Aug

6

2016

Blizzard reportedly in September to announce a polished version of the original StarCraft game. Starcraft HD should be a remastered version with custom user interface.

The rumor is derived from the Korean iNews24 which of multiple sources that has been learned with known Blizzards plans that the announcement comes in September. In that month ends the StarCraft II World Championship Series competition in Mexico, draws Kotaku in. During Blizzcon in November, then the developer would like to give more details about the game. Late last year sought Blizzard developers already to his old games suitable for modern operating systems.

The original version of Start Craft appeared in 1998 and the space strategy game a year later received an extension in the form of StarCraft: Brood War. The game is to this day a popular esport, especially in South Korea, despite the arrival of sequel StarCraft II. The game was more than 11 million copies sold, which South Korea accounted for 4.5 million sales.

Many manufacturers make remasters of old popular games. As published Microsoft earlier high-definition versions of Age of Empires II is a polished version of Secret of Monkey Island appeared and is a remastered version of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.